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<h3 class="section">8.4 Information About a Frame</h3>

<p>There are several other commands to print information about the selected
stack frame.
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<dt><code>frame</code></dt>
<dt><code>f</code></dt>
<dd><p>When used without any argument, this command does not change which
frame is selected, but prints a brief description of the currently
selected stack frame.  It can be abbreviated <code>f</code>.  With an
argument, this command is used to select a stack frame.
See <a href="Selection.html#Selection">Selecting a Frame</a>.
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<dt><code>info frame</code></dt>
<dt><code>info f</code></dt>
<dd><p>This command prints a verbose description of the selected stack frame,
including:
</p>
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<li> the address of the frame
</li><li> the address of the next frame down (called by this frame)
</li><li> the address of the next frame up (caller of this frame)
</li><li> the language in which the source code corresponding to this frame is written
</li><li> the address of the frame&rsquo;s arguments
</li><li> the address of the frame&rsquo;s local variables
</li><li> the program counter saved in it (the address of execution in the caller frame)
</li><li> which registers were saved in the frame
</li></ul>

<p>The verbose description is useful when
something has gone wrong that has made the stack format fail to fit
the usual conventions.
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<dt><code>info frame <var>addr</var></code></dt>
<dt><code>info f <var>addr</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Print a verbose description of the frame at address <var>addr</var>, without
selecting that frame.  The selected frame remains unchanged by this
command.  This requires the same kind of address (more than one for some
architectures) that you specify in the <code>frame</code> command.
See <a href="Selection.html#Selection">Selecting a Frame</a>.
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<dt><code>info args</code></dt>
<dd><p>Print the arguments of the selected frame, each on a separate line.
</p>
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<dt><code>info locals</code></dt>
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<p>Print the local variables of the selected frame, each on a separate
line.  These are all variables (declared either static or automatic)
accessible at the point of execution of the selected frame.
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